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Expert: - 4/14/2008


Question
How do I transport my diabetic insulin and needles on the plane in a carry on?  I will need it with me in case there are any delays.  I will have liquid insulin and needles that will need to be kept cool(on ice or with cold pack).  Please advise.

Answer
Use a little collapsable cooler (made from fabric with an insulated liner) and keep your insulin and ice packs in there.

The TSA is supposed to let you carry it through the checkpoint since it is medicine.  They are not allowed to prevent you from going to the airplane with it.

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Matthew Smith

Expertise

CAN: Airport Security (NOT immigration).
Airport planning and design. Airport development.
Airline pricing/yield/revenue management (NOT prices for individual tickets)
grant process
PLEASE STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES TO FLY FROM A TO B!!!
PLEASE STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH PARTICULAR AIRLINES WILL CHARGE FOR YOUR BAGS!
That's why your airline has a website!

Experience

Formerly Director of Operations at a small commercial airport.
Formerly worked for a state government issuing and managing airport development grants.
Formerly worked for TSA. (Not as bad as it appears to the average passenger.)
Formerly worked at an airport in planning and operations.
Also formerly worked as a Price Analyst for a wildly unpopular airline.
Currently teaching overseas until the job market improves.

Organizations
AAAE, AOPA, AzAA

Publications
Collegiate Aviation Review (2008)

Education/Credentials
B.A. English and Religious Studies, Hobart College M.S. Aviation Management Technology, Arizona State University --specialty is airport planning and design

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